Trophoblastic Tumor

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Alternate Names : Chorioblastoma, Trophoblastic tumor, Chorioepithelioma, Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
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Trophoblastic tumors, which grown in a woman's reproductive system, may also yield a false positive on a pregnancy test. These tumors can also make someone feel pregnant, causing morning sickness and swelling in the abdomen.

Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
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Gestational trophoblastic tumors start inside the uterus, the hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows. This type of cancer occurs in women during the years when they are able to have children.

gestational trophoblastic tumor A rare cancer in women of childbearing age in which cancer cells grow in the tissues that are formed in the uterus after conception.

Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor
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Pertussis Toxin; Postoperative Tumor Size [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) Classification: PT0 Surgery Not Done Or Not Applicable, PT1 No Visible Tumor Tissue, PT2 Less Than 1.5 Cm Remains, PT3 1.5 To 5.

Chorioblastoma; Trophoblastic tumor; Chorioepithelioma; Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
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A possible symptom is continued vaginal bleeding in a woman with a recent history of hydatidiform mole, abortion, or pregnancy.

Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumor (PSTT). These tumors are very rare tumors. They consist of a type of trophoblastic cell in the placenta called intermediate trophoblastic cells. These do not produce a lot of hCG.

Also called gestational trophoblastic tumor.
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Placental-site gestational trophoblastic tumor ... enlarged uterus
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Maternal gestational trophoblastic tumors are exquisitely sensitive to methotrexate, and many women, including those with distant metastases, are cured with single agent chemotherapy.

There are two types of gestational trophoblastic tumors: hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma. Hydatidiform mole is also known as a molar pregnancy.
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Gestational trophoblastic disease: hydatidiform mole, nonmetastatic and metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor: diagnosis and management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed.

Choriocarcinoma is one of the two types of gestational trophoblastic tumor, the other being hydatidiform mole. Choriocarcinoma may follow any type of pregnancy. It is especially likely to occur with a hydatidiform mole (molar pregnancy).

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condition in women of childbearing age in which grape-like cysts grow in the uterus after conception (fertilization of an egg by a sperm). Molar pregnancies may change into a type of cancer called choriocarcinoma or gestational trophoblastic tumor.

See also: Cancer, Carcinoma, Hydatidiform mole, Choriocarcinoma, Pregnancy